Last update: 22.02.2001
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Exeter class
General Info
Fleet / Country: Royal Navy / Great Britain In service from: 1931 Complement (officers/enlisted): 628

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
175,30  /   167,75
Beam overall / wl.:
17,70  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
5,2  /  

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
8390
Full loaded
10490

Armament
Main guns
6x203/50 Mk 8
Secondary guns
8x102/45 QF Mk 5, 8x40, 2x20, 8x12,7
Torpedo tubes
6x533
Planes
2

Engines
Boilers
8 Yarrow 3-drum
Turbines
4 shaft Parsons geared
Shafts
4

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
32,0
endurance
8400 miles @ 14 kts
Engines load
80000 HP
Fuel
1900 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
0

Armor
(milimetres)
Side belt
76
Decks
34,9
Conning tower
76
Main Battery turrets
Exeter,